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Letters Patent lVo. 64,970, dated lay 21, 1867; ontedatcd November 21, 1866.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRIDLE-BEINS.

T() ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. E. GnA1iAM,ot'1tiel1land, in the county of' Rush, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Reino; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear. and exact description thercot', which will enahle others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of' this specification, in whiclr- Figure 1 is a side view of' the head of a horse, harnessed, for illustrating the present invention.

This invention has for its principal objects, first, to obviate thc necessity for check-reins, and at the same time so improve the main reins that the horse may be checked up to any desired degree by the driver; and

second, so that the horse or horses may drink without rendering it necessary for the driver to descend from his seat, as is now the case, in order to loosen the check-reins ordinarily used. And this invention consists of harnossweins, which pass both through the tert-et and martingale-rings as with ordinary reins, hut, in addition thereto, also through the hit and gaguings, or through pulleys attached to them, und from thence pass back to the cheek-hook, to which they are buckled, or to short straps permanently attached to such hook, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A A, in the drawings, represent the harnessucins, which are to he passed through the martingale and terrctrings as with ordinary harness-reins. C and D, pulleys, respectively attached to the bit and to thc gag-strap, through or around which pulleys the reins A are passed, and thence are carried back to the short straps E which are permanently attached to the eheok-hoolc F. The buckles, by means of which the reins A are connected to the straps E, should be attached to the latter straps E, as in this manner the reins A will have no buckles upon them to interfere with the operation of passing,r them through the various rings and pulleys necessary in properly arranging the reins on the harness.

By constructing and attaching the reins in the manner above explained, it is obvious that horses may be driven with their heads either tightly checked or free, as maybe desired; and that, furthermore, the horses can lower their heads to drink, when necessary, without necessitating the descent of the driver from his seat, as is now the case when the ordinary cheek-rein is used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent- Thc continuous reins A A, passing through puileys on the ends of' the bit, and also through pulleys each side of the gag-rein and around the terret or cheek-hook, being tacked together, (as seen at a:,) or prevented by a. keeper from sliding through said checkbook, substantially as described and for the purposes herein specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this day of 1866.

A. E. GRAHAM.

Witnesses JAMES OBRIEN, MORDEGAI SWEET. 

